Charcoal fragments from five historic campsite locations in the Galápagos Islands were identified and radiocarbon dated to investigate postulated early human presence in the archipelago, historic fuel wood collection patterns and the resultant impact on native vegetation. A variety of taxa and fuel types were revealed to be present in the charcoal assemblages, indicating geographically driven r...

This paper is the second in a sequence of two papers that report on descriptive and prescriptive research undertaken at Isle Royale National Park to support development of a new wilderness management plan at the Park. The first paper reports on the initial phase of study aimed at developing descriptive information on backcountry camping at Isle Royale using computer simulation modeling. The pre...

This paper presents the results of excavations conducted at Late Gravettian site Lubná VI in 2012 and 2018. is an exceptional example a short-term campsite, occupied between 27.5 27.1 ka cal BP. Due to specific location this site, area situated far from lithic raw material sources, archaeological remains offer rare possibility understand subsistence strategy highly mobile hunter-gatherers Pleis...

Campsite impacts in protected natural areas are most effectively minimized by a containment strategy that focuses use on limited number of sustainable campsites spatially concentrate camping activities. This research employs spatial autoregressive (SAR) modeling to evaluate the relative influence use-related, environmental, and managerial factors two salient measures campsite impact. Relational...